16 August 2005

Lake George - Australia's Bermuda Triangle of Mystery?

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Local cryptonaturalist, Tim the Yowie Man, will be presenting lectures on mysterious phenomena this Wednesday, Thursday and Friday as part of the Australian Science Festival.

Can water in Lake George really vanish into thin air?

This week, as part of the Australian Science Festival, Canberra cryptonaturalist, Tim the Yowie Man, will delve into the unusual science behind many of the world’s mysterious phenomena, including the Canberra region’s very own Lake George.

When? 1pm – 1:45pm. Wednesday August 17, Thursday, August 18 and Friday August 19.
Where? Nicholls Theatre, National Convention Centre, Canberra.
Bookings? 6207 5901.
Cost: $3.

Further details are available at the Science Festival site.

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Did you know that Lake George was once a proposed site for Canberra?

When the people came to “observe” it, the water had vanished, as had their Venice type plan for our capital.

Ingeegoodbee6:59 pm 07 Nov 07

Lake George. For what its worth:

1. It used to be way bigger. During the Pleistocene water used to flow over Geary’s Gap.

2.The Raised ridge at the northern end, that the present road follows is actually an aeolian dune that has built up over millions of years.

3. The grid of drainage ditches on the western side of the Highway at the northern end were dug by convicts in the 1830s (or there abouts) and still perform the task they were built for.

i was driving pastlake george about 9pm coming back from sydney. i was changing lanes from the outer lane to the inner lane when all of a sudden a car out off no where was right up the back off me berping his horn. I slowed down to look out my rear mirror so i could get there number plate and it was’nt there, it had completely vanished.I was shocked, and did’nt know what to think. So some advice from me, try not to travel at night or in wet weather past there.

Uh huh. I have asked the Yowie man and he is interested in the idea.

I’ll follow it up further with him. Will post more details later but if we do organise something it probably won’t be until the end of September at least.

This way the nights won’t be as cool, and we’ll know that Thumper is trembling through fear alone.

Ralph, just one question;
Will there be beer involved?

Although I’m sure it would detract from any alleged sightings it would sure help pass the hours of unavoidable boredom and inaction.

And Thumper, if you want to come don’t be scared, we’ll all be there to protect you from the boogey-man, evil spirits or UFOs.
*snickering*

We should organise a late night UFO watch at Geary’s Gap.

Given that the lake has dried out, should it ever be full again, I wonder if it will have fish in it.

Amy: You know Fry, its nice to find someone I can talk to about stuff, and junk.

Fry: Yeah, it’s like we feel the same way about junk and stuff or, whatever.

Let me explain:

The mumbly part was due to the softness of the participants’ voices compared to the loudness of the music. A problem which is less apparent when it’s playing directly in your ears rather than over a car sound system.

And the rubbish part was the comment of the other people in the car at the time, and related I believe to the mumbly bit.

I personally would recommend Insatiable Banalities to anyone who enjoys stuff.

K

“mumbly rubbish”

Righto then, at least we all know where we stand then.

Sam I tried that on a recent trip to the snow. I only got about 10 minutes into the podcast before being told to get rid of that mumbly rubbish by the other car occupants.
K

I’m a big big fan of Tim the Yowie Man. I think he’s fab. And not at all “full of his own self importance”. Maybe that is what you think from what the media writes, but it’s not true. He is a lovely lovely man, very witty, very smart, damned cute and passionate about what he does.

LG. Sigh. Swoon.

Samuel Gordon-Stewart9:19 am 17 Aug 05

Why bother with radio on road trips when you can download the entire set of Insatiable Banalities and get 19 hoursish of audible entertainment?

OK, I would probably see what the airwaves were providing in certain areas…but 19 hours of IB is fun.

It’s the only large body of inland water for a very long way, aboriginal legends would be remarkable only in their absence.

You should google him he pops up everywhere and he does seem to make a fairly good living out of being “The worlds only Cryptonaturalist” as he claims. He’s the Steve Irwin of Cryptozoology.

Best description of his work is here.

Seeing a yowie in the Brindabellas many years ago.

Absent Diane4:11 pm 16 Aug 05

who is this yowie man character – I have heard his name mentioned a lot… espesh around the whole cadbury debate….. what is his so called claim to fame…

As mentioned previously I used to live out that way, never saw or felt anything remotely eerie myself.

However my uncle (who is not one to fool around) swears black and blue he watched a UFO float around for a good three quarters of an hour one night. Even called CSIRO to report it and was told by the astro-nerd on the other end of the phone that there are many sighting reported (as justbands conspiracy books will tell you).

Macca, It may be worth pointing out that for $3 a head admittance, I don’t think Tim the Yowie Stooge is going to buy that yacht he always wanted…

I too am dubious of his skills, knowledge alleged fame (?), but let’s be fair and call a spade a spade.

Absent Diane3:44 pm 16 Aug 05

bugger radio for a trip… it can’t satisfy my eclectic taste

One more now, Mael.,
ABC News Radio on 103.9FM.
-A little more informative than Eagle. Just slightly.

As a complete heathen, I mutter to myself ‘only one bloody radio station – Eagle FM, Shit…’

Absent Diane3:16 pm 16 Aug 05

What would a nihilist, drive past chanting – I believe in nothing, I believe in nothing… hehe

If you’re a Catholic you could make a sign of the cross and mutter a few Hail Marys to yourself….

Absent Diane3:07 pm 16 Aug 05

it certainly is – always gets me thinking

Absent Diane2:54 pm 16 Aug 05

sorry should of read spirits at lake george – which are quantifiable with others stories

Absent Diane2:52 pm 16 Aug 05

I know ‘straight down the line’ people who have seen spirits…my spine always tingles when I go past it at night…. I don’t know though I am caught in this bizarre realm of being someone who loves the fantasy of ghosts and UFO’s and being a cynical bastard

My UFO books at home are all full of Lake George stories…one of the most active UFO sighting areas in the world.

Thumper – am I to take it literally that before one intends to head down the freeway to Sydney, you should call up the local tribe to ask for permission to pass?

Some would know that I am not a fan of Tim the Yowie man (moneymakeist-mugontveeous). Not sure if he could be classed as a Cryptonaturalist more like a mediaexploitist for own personal gain.
But it is good to see that someone is talking about this very strange and at times eerie place in our region.
There’s always been the going theory that there is a underwater cave system that leads to New Zealand but that can’t be right as they turn up at Bondi :).
I remember when it had water up to nearly the roadway and that made it every a more eerie place.
It sure has the reputation until they put in the double lanes that it was a high accident area which probably added more to its mystery.

“Can water in Lake George really vanish into thin air?”
-Place to site the new Assembly, then?

I guess this is my cultural heritage/ anthropological background coming out.

So are you saying you have aboriginal ancestry? A great great grandmother on my mother’s side of the family was apparently an abbo. Probably explains why I like to drink.

Back to the lake, I reckon there is some sort of energy grid around the lake – owing to all the acquifers that flow into it.

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